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Watch: Notre Dame gets outs on two crazy plays against Oklahoma

They happened in the same inning!!!

The Irish are in a battle, as the Oklahoma offense had seemingly solved lefty hurler [autotag]Aiden Tyrell[/autotag]. Then some very weird plays happened, both in the bottom of the fourth and both revolving around third baseman [autotag]Jack Brannigan[/autotag].

First, it was a fly-ball towards left fielder [autotag]Ryan Cole[/autotag], who dove but came up a bit short and the ball went past Cole to the wall. He quickly got up, gather himself, found [autotag]Zack Prajzner[/autotag], his cutoff man, who then fired to Brannigan and go the runner at third.

That wasn’t the end of the odd defensive plays during the inning. This time it was right fielder [autotag]Brooks Coetzee[/autotag] gunning out the baserunner at third only to see Brannigan lose the ball on the tag, hit the Sooners third-base coach and the Irish third baseman quickly grabbed the ball and tagged out the runner.

It was two crazy sequences that happened which has kept the Irish deficit at just two runs as they continue to battle against Oklahoma in the winners bracket in the College World Series.

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Notre Dame Baseball is ready to face the Big Ten this weekend

The Irish head north to face three Big Ten opponents

The Irish aren’t going somewhere warm this weekend. Actually, they’re going somewhere that is notoriously cold for this time of year, Minnesota. Fortunately, Notre Dame will be playing inside during their three-game road trip against Illinois, Michigan State and host Minnesota.

Earlier this evening Link Jarrett announced his starting rotation, the same one from last weekend. Aiden Tyrell will lead the team on Friday, followed by John Michael Bertrand and Austin Temple. The Cambria College Classic is the start of their spring break trip as the Irish will head to North Carolina to face Elon before starting their ACC campaign against NC State over the weekend.

With the Big Ten foes each entering the weekend with losing records, the Irish should be favored in every game. All the games are being played indoors at U.S. Bank Stadium along with being televised on Big Ten Network Plus.

Stay tuned to Fighting Irish Wire for the latest results from this weekend’s contests for Notre Dame Baseball.

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The weekend rotation is almost set for Notre Dame baseball

Just one unnamed starter remains

The Irish are coming off a successful opening weekend, winning two of their three games and keeping their high ranking among the polls. As is normal for Midwest baseball teams, Link Jarrett’s team will play their majority of games on the road until the weather turns in South Bend.

This weekend the Irish head off to Greenville, South Carolina as they are set to face Marist and Monmouth. Earlier they announced their starting rotation for the weekend series, as Aidan Tyrell will start the first game, John Michael Bertrand the second and Austin Temple in the finale. The only unknown is the third starter, as Jarrett has yet to name who will toe the mound.

It could very well be a bullpen game for the second half of the double-header, depending on how the first two games play out. Either way, we know at least three-quarters of the Irish’s starting rotation for this coming weekend.

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Tyrell magnificent as Notre Dame forces an elimination game three

The Irish battle back to force game three

With the Irish’s backs against the wall, head coach Link Jarrett looked to left-hander Aiden Tyrell to take the mound and stave off elimination for Notre Dame. It wasn’t pretty, after two batters Mississippi State held a 1-0 lead, but Tyrell settled down held the Bulldogs offense in check before getting pulled in the top of the seventh with one out and two on.

Reliever Alex Rao would get out of the jam but the story was the offense this afternoon. While Tyrell was holding the MSU offense down, the Notre Dame offense continued to stay hot. They immediately answered the run allowed in the top of the first with two of their own on a Zach Prajzner infield single.

The Irish offense would add an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth before starting to pull away. Catcher David LaManna blasted a three-run shot to left as the lead grew to 6-1.

Two innings later in the sixth, Jack Brannigan got into the action as well with a two-run blast of his own to give the Irish a 8-1 lead.

The scoring wasn’t over for the Irish as they added another run when Ryan Cole scored on an RBI single from Carter Putz.

Even though the Irish bullpen didn’t get the job done yesterday, Tyrell made sure they got some rest with his long outing. Rao finished off the Bulldogs, forcing the elimination game tomorrow.

Regardless of how tomorrow turns out, we should all be proud of the effort the Irish displayed this year. Hopefully Notre Dame’s season doesn’t end tomorrow and they head off to Omaha and the College World Series next weekend.